Artists: Atmosphere
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Sound: 7
Lyrics: 10
Originality: 9
Overall: 8.75
Rated - Nonexplicit
Comments: Slug and Ant of Atmosphere have come a long way since their lyrically charged debut, Overcast. They have gone through many transformations, and with each new album coming out, you never know what you will get till you give it a listen. They have created their own brand of hip hop that exists outside the macho, violent, sexist, and obscene world that dominates most of this genre. “When Life Gives you Lemons, You paint that Shit Gold“, is the fifth full length studio release by Atmosphere, and easily one of the best. It took the Story telling formula that had worked so well in their previous album “You Can’t imagine how much fun were having”, and took it one step further. It takes it to a much more personal level. I couldn’t help by smile when listening to "You" and “In her music box”, and I couldn’t help but cry when listening to “yesterday”. Each song on this great album expresses a different emotion. Hope, determination, desperation, sadness, regret, happiness. It is truly an emotional experience.
This album shines in more way than one. Besides the lyrical content displayed by MC slug, producer Ant has probably done the best work of his career on this album. His synthesizer based beats are unique, creative, and just absolutely brilliant. They possibly even outshine Slug.
If you are a fan of Atmosphere I highly recommend this album. If not, it wouldn’t be the best album to break your atmo cherry with, however it wouldn’t be the worst either. Give it a listen if you have not!
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